The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

Good God! I just checked all the counties that have reported in. The red counties are reported in with at 100%. The blue counties of Lake, Vermillion, and Porter are still reporting in. Barack is only 6,000 votes behind...I think Indiana will go BLUE!!!

Polls start closing in Indiana in ten minutes.  Here is how I think the election will play out:  Obama will win all states won by John Kerry in 2004, in addition to Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado, Ohio, Virginia, Nevada, Florida, and North Carolina, while narrowly losing Missouri and Indiana.  He can still pull off wins in the Hoosier state, but I'm not going to hold my breath.  I'm guessing that the wins will translate into a popular vote win of about 6%. 

For the Senate races I think that the Dem will come up just short of their goal of 60 seats, picking up eight.  I think they will pick up Virginia, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, North Carolina and (cross my fingers) Al Franken in Minnesota.  There's also a very good chance that there will be a December special election in Georgia, where a runoff election is held in the event that no candidate receives 50 percent plus one of the vote.

In the House I'm sure that the Dems will make more big gains.  We'll end up with more than a 100 seat majority. 

Time will tell!!!

I have waited such a long time for this day. I made calls.  I canvassed. I donated time and money.  I argued my case for an Obama presidency to friends and family.  I fought back against smears.  I waited in line for two hours on a Saturday morning in Indiana to cast my vote...which is nothing.  Lines last night in Florida were eight hours long.  I would have stood there througout the night if need be.  It's worth a wait in line to change the world.

By the end of this day, we should know who our next president is. Hopefully our long, long national nightmare is coming to an end.

I do have two pieces of advice for tonight if you are waitching any coverage.  Number One: any time one of the pundants mention an exit poll stick your fingers in your ears and scream la,la,la as loud as possible.  The exit polling today will be wrong. It will reflect who is voting today, but not reflect the totality of the race.  Many people voted early.  I am sure they have thought of ways to deal with that, but I have little faith in it after 2004.  Number two:   watch when voting ends in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia. If Barack wins any of the three, he could be on his way to a big victory.  My prediction is that he will win Virginia.  I think Georgia would be a stretch, but if he can pull off a win in Indiana...that would be icing on the cake for me!  Without these eastern states McCain doesn't really have a chance since Barack has clear leads in the red states of Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa and Nevada.